Saints · Ages 5-8 · 25 pages

Blessed Fulton Sheen: God's Microphone

by Kyle Hancock

Some men change the world with armies. Fulton Sheen did it with a chalkboard and a cape. A farm boy from a tiny town in Illinois, Fulton dropped a glass cruet as a nervous altar boy — and the bishop who was visiting that day told him that someday he would be just the same. He grew up to talk about God on the radio, and then on television, where thirty million people a week watched a man in a cape make the biggest ideas sound simple. He won an Emmy and thanked his four writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But the secret of his life was quieter than any of that. Every single day for sixty years, he spent one hour with Jesus in the Eucharist. He never missed. Blessed Fulton Sheen: God’s Microphone tells his true story in warm watercolor illustrations and simple read-aloud words, and it ends with the miracle that made him Blessed: a baby boy, born still, who lived. Written for ages 4 to 8 — a read-aloud for the youngest, and a first biography for children who are starting to read on their own. Inside you’ll find a Scripture page from the Gospel of Mark; the true story told in short lines little ones can follow; A Note for Families about the Holy Hour and what it meant to him; a prayer to pray together, and the Prayer for Canonization of Blessed Fulton Sheen with its imprimatur; Talk About It Together, questions for after the story; and a page about his life for the grown-up reading aloud. Beatified September 24, 2026.